Emergency Call Reliability Infrastructure · Built for normal volume and storm spikes

When a homeowner calls your emergency number at 2AM, StormGrade captures the emergency
and alerts you in 90 seconds.

Your emergency number is routed into StormGrade infrastructure. Every call is answered instantly, the emergency is captured, and the alert reaches your response contact within 90 seconds. Your existing number stays yours. If the infrastructure fails, you don't pay.

YOUR NUMBER
Emergency Line
STORMGRADE
Emergency Call Intake
90 SECONDS
Owner Alert
Emergency calls
captured
Every call
logged
Emergency call details
delivered to designated
response contact
90s
SLA: call connected
to alert sent
$0
Cost if SLA
is missed
$5k
Flat monthly
rate
90-Second SLA Guarantee

The SLA begins when the caller is connected to the StormGrade intake system.

The SLA is satisfied when:
 · the emergency call record is written
 · the emergency alert is sent to the designated response contact

If the alert is not delivered within 90 seconds due to infrastructure failure, the entire billing month is automatically waived. No request needed.

If the SLA is missed, the entire billing month is waived.
The guarantee applies to the StormGrade infrastructure. Events outside the system — such as telecom carrier outages or incorrect forwarding settings — are excluded.
Free Emergency Line Stress Test

We run a controlled stress test on your emergency line and show you exactly what happens when someone calls your number after hours. The log is the evidence.

Results delivered by 9AM next business day.

How It Works

Who answers your
emergency calls

StormGrade is an automated intake system — not a call center. Here is exactly what happens when a homeowner dials your emergency number.

What happens on every call
Call answered automatically by the StormGrade intake system. Emergency details captured and delivered to the designated response contact within 90 seconds.
Caller describes their water, fire, or mold emergency.
Emergency information — type, address, caller name and number — captured automatically.
The designated response contact receives an immediate call alert with full caller details.
If the primary contact does not acknowledge the alert, the system escalates to the next response contact by phone and message until the alert is acknowledged.
The response contact calls the homeowner directly and takes over from there.
StormGrade handles the call capture and delivery. The owner handles the job.
StormGrade is an automated intake system. It captures the emergency call and delivers the caller details to the designated response contact so they can immediately contact the homeowner.

What The Homeowner Hears

The exact call experience
a homeowner has.

The homeowner hears a live voice immediately. No ringing. No voicemail. This is what happens when someone dials your emergency number after hours.

Example Call — 2:14 AM

Emergency Intake Transcript
STORMGRADE Thank you for calling ABC Restoration. You've reached our emergency line. Please describe your emergency.
CALLER My basement is flooding please send someone right now the water is coming in fast I don't know what to do—
STORMGRADE I understand. I'm logging this right now. What's the property address?
CALLER It's uh—214, no, 214 Oak Drive. Oak Drive. Please hurry.
STORMGRADE 214 Oak Drive, got it. Your name and a callback number?
CALLER John Davis. 614—hold on. 614-555-8812.
STORMGRADE Your emergency is logged and the restoration team is being notified right now. You'll get a callback within minutes. Stay on if you need to.

Example transcript. Actual AI response adapts to caller input.

Alert Delivered 28 Seconds Later

⚡ EMERGENCY — WATER DAMAGE 2:14 AM
Caller John Davis Phone 614-555-8812 Address 214 Oak Drive Emergency Basement flooding — active water SLA ✓ DELIVERED — 28s
Tap to acknowledge · Unacknowledged escalation begins in 5 minutes
The homeowner stays on the line with a confirmation. Your team calls them back directly. StormGrade's job is done.

Missed Call vs. Captured Call

What happens to an
emergency call right now.

Without StormGrade Infrastructure
Emergency call arrives at 2AM during a storm
Owner is on a job. No one picks up.
Call goes to voicemail or rings out
No call record written. No alert sent.
Emergency call never reaches the company
No record. No notification. No delivery. Call is lost permanently.
With StormGrade Infrastructure
Emergency call arrives at 2AM during a storm
Call answered within seconds by emergency intake system
Emergency classified. Caller details captured.
Call record written. Alert sent.
Emergency call confirmed and delivered to the designated response contact
Call answered. Call logged. Call delivered. Record permanent.
StormGrade does NOT — dispatch crews — schedule jobs — quote work — negotiate with callers — guarantee job outcomes — manage field operations
StormGrade guarantees emergency call delivery to the designated response contact. Everything after delivery is the restoration company's operation.

Real Call Log

What the infrastructure
records on every call.

Every event is timestamped and written to the call record. Example call record showing the format generated for every call. Each captured call generates a record similar to this example.

1
Customer dials
your emergency
number
2
Call enters
StormGrade
infrastructure
3
Emergency
classified
and logged
4
Owner alert
sent within
90 seconds
All emergency numbers (Google Maps, website, ads) must route through StormGrade infrastructure for the SLA to apply.
Emergency Call Record · fc_0134 Example call record
02:13:04 Call connected to StormGrade infrastructure SLA START
02:13:08 Emergency intake answered. Classification begun.
02:13:21 Emergency confirmed: WATER — pipe burst, active flooding
02:13:29 Caller details captured: name, address, contact number
02:13:34 Owner alert sent. All delivery contacts notified. SLA MET — 30s
02:13:36 Call record written to permanent record.
02:13:41 Caller confirmation SMS delivered: company name, callback expected
TOTAL: 37 SECONDS
SLA SATISFIED
Avg response: 45–60s. Guaranteed max: 90s.
Example records shown for illustration. Actual call records are generated for each client account.

If the Owner Doesn't Respond

The alert is sent. But restoration companies are field operations — the owner may be on a job, under a crawlspace, or unavailable. The escalation ladder runs automatically without owner action.

Owner Alert Escalation Ladder
T+0s Alert sent simultaneously to owner, ops manager, and backup contact.
T+5min No acknowledgment: URGENT re-alert sent to all contacts.
T+10min Automated phone call placed to primary owner number.
T+15min Automated phone call placed to backup contact.
T+20min Caller reassurance SMS sent: "Our team has been notified and will contact you shortly."
Every step logged. First acknowledgment claims the call and stops escalation. SLA is satisfied at T+0 when the alert fires — escalation runs independently.
Your existing number routes through StormGrade infrastructure. Customers dial the same number. Your trucks, dispatch process, and operations stay the same. The only change: every emergency call now enters the infrastructure first — which is what makes the SLA enforceable.

Storm Reliability

What happens during
a named storm event.

The most common objection: will the infrastructure hold under storm call volume? This is the honest operational answer.

Storm Event Simulation · 60 Calls / 60 Minutes

Calls Received
60
Calls Answered
60
Calls Captured
59
Alerts Delivered
59
Avg. Alert Time
38s
1 unanswered call Caller disconnected after 2 rings before intake completed. Call was not captured. SLA clock never started. No charge.
Simultaneous capacity Peak: 12 calls active at once at 1:47AM. No call queued. No caller heard a busy signal.
Missed billing month 0 SLA breaches. This billing period is charged normally.

Example simulation. Actual performance records are generated for each client account.

Storm Mode is triggered automatically when call volume exceeds baseline thresholds. No owner action required. Storm Mode allows dozens of emergency calls to be processed simultaneously. Multiple emergency calls can be handled at once — no caller waits behind another.

During Storm Mode, response is shortened to essential classification only. Every call is still answered, classified, logged, and delivered. The SLA clock runs on every call individually.

47
Storm calls
processed
97.9%
SLA met
under load
0
Calls
dropped

Example metrics shown for illustration. Actual records are generated per client account.

Storm call bursts: StormGrade can answer multiple calls simultaneously during storm call bursts so callers never receive a busy signal.
Carrier-Grade Infrastructure: Calls enter through carrier-grade telecom with automatic failover routing. If StormGrade infrastructure ever becomes unhealthy, calls route immediately and directly to your phone. You never lose a call to an infrastructure failure.
Storm Mode — Automatic Activation Storm Mode
Every call answered within seconds. No voicemail. Every caller receives an immediate intake response.
Every call classified. Water, fire, mold — keyword-triggered automatically regardless of confidence level.
Every call logged. Timestamped record written before storm clears. P95 latency monitored continuously.
Hourly infrastructure status pushed to owner. Calls received, alerts sent, system health — no login required.
No call stacking. No queue overflow. Infrastructure scales horizontally under storm load.

Example metrics shown for illustration. Actual call records are generated for each client account.

Every Monday, an automated call report is delivered to your response contact — calls received, calls delivered, SLA performance. No login required.
High-volume overflow: If concurrent call volume exceeds live processing capacity, calls are automatically queued rather than dropped.

Infrastructure Reliability Stack

Call Capacity
200+
simultaneous calls handled. Storm call bursts routed through parallel intake — no busy signals.
Carrier Redundancy
Multi
Multi-carrier SIP routing. If primary carrier fails, calls automatically reroute through secondary path.
AI Fallback
Auto
If voice AI processing fails, calls route directly to your line. You never lose a call to an infrastructure fault.
Alert Escalation
5min
If primary contact doesn't acknowledge, alert escalates automatically — repeated SMS, call, and backup contact.

Binary SLA Guarantee

The infrastructure performs
or you don't pay.

The SLA is binary. Either the emergency alert is sent to the designated response contact within 90 seconds of call connection, or it is not. If it is not — due to a failure under StormGrade control — the billing month is waived. Automatically. No request needed.

There is no interpretation. The call record is the authoritative source of truth. The breach is detected automatically. There is no human in the remediation chain.

SLA Clock Start: Call connected to StormGrade infrastructure.
SLA Completion: Emergency call record written and owner alert sent.
What StormGrade guarantees: call answered, emergency classified, owner alerted, caller confirmation sent, event logged — within 90 seconds of call connection.
What remains the restoration company's responsibility: dispatch, crew response, technician arrival, job execution, and field operations. StormGrade guarantees call delivery. Everything after delivery is outside StormGrade infrastructure.
StormGrade Does Not
Dispatch crews or schedule field work
Quote jobs or negotiate with callers
Guarantee job wins, revenue, or customer outcomes
Manage field operations or crew response times
Claim attribution for jobs closed or revenue generated
StormGrade guarantees emergency calls are captured and delivered to the designated response contact.
Everything after delivery is the restoration company's operation.
SLA Terms
SLA window 90 seconds  (60s target)
SLA measurement Call connected → owner alert sent
Failure definition Owner alert not sent within 90s due to StormGrade infrastructure failure
Remedy Month is free — automatically, no request required
Evidence Infrastructure log is authoritative — disputes resolved against the record
Non-payment cap One month waived per calendar month regardless of breach count
Carrier exclusion Carrier outages and client-side routing failures excluded
Founder overrides Zero. The rule enforces itself.
All call events are timestamped and included in the monthly reliability report.

The Real Comparison

Why not just use an
answering service?

It's the right question. Answering services exist. They're cheaper. Here's the honest comparison — and why it matters at 3AM during a storm with 30 calls coming in.

Traditional Answering Service
$300–$900/mo
Human operator answers — after hold music, after queue, after transfer
Storm with 30 simultaneous calls: operators queue up. Callers wait. Some hang up.
No SLA guarantee on delivery speed. Calls "taken" does not mean owner notified.
Per-call or per-minute billing. Storm month = bill spike. Unpredictable cost.
No timestamped call log. No weekly delivery report. No automatic SLA remedy.
Operator quality varies. Tired 3AM operators make mistakes under storm volume.
StormGrade Infrastructure
$5,000/mo flat
Voice AI answers in under 3 seconds. Every time. No hold. No queue. No transfer.
Storm with 200 simultaneous calls: infrastructure scales automatically. No caller waits.
Hard 90-second SLA from call connect to owner alert. Breach = month free. Automatic.
Flat $5,000 regardless of call volume. Storm month costs the same as a quiet Tuesday.
Every call timestamped and logged. Weekly delivery report. No login required.
Consistent performance at 3AM under load. No human fatigue. No quality drift.
An answering service captures calls. StormGrade guarantees delivery speed, logs every event, and pays for itself if it fails. The comparison is not cost per month — it's reliability per call, at storm scale, with an enforceable guarantee.

The Economic Test

Does this pay for itself?

Run the numbers like an operator. A $1M restoration company typically handles 40–70 emergency calls per month. Here is what missing a fraction of those actually costs.

Typical Emergency Volume
40–70
emergency calls per month for a $1M restoration company
Average Emergency Job
$8k
average revenue per water, fire, or mold emergency job
Typical Missed Calls
5–10
calls missed per month — nights, storms, owner unavailable
Without StormGrade
5 missed calls × 50% would-have-converted × $8k job
= conservative estimate
$20,000
lost per month in missed emergency revenue
With StormGrade
Every call answered, logged, and delivered.
Recovery of previously lost revenue
$5,000
monthly cost — one recovered job covers the entire year
For most restoration companies, a single emergency job often covers the monthly cost of the system. StormGrade exists to prevent the calls that would have converted — and didn't, because nobody answered.

Why restoration companies pay $5,000/month

A single captured emergency job often exceeds $5,000 in revenue.

StormGrade exists to ensure emergency calls are captured, logged, and delivered during the moments when restoration companies lose the most calls — nights, storms, and high call volume events.

Pricing

One number.
No surprises.

No per-call fees. No usage tiers. No variable billing. The same $5,000 whether it's a quiet Tuesday or an Ian-scale storm. Most restoration jobs are $8,000–$25,000. One additional call delivered covers this infrastructure for the year.

Infrastructure capacity is reserved exclusively for your emergency line. That capacity cannot be shared across companies — which is what makes a flat $5,000 rate and a hard SLA guarantee both possible.
Monthly Flat Rate
$5,000
No per-call fees. No tiers. Infrastructure cost owners stop evaluating monthly.
One additional emergency call delivered covers this for the entire year.
Designed for restoration companies doing $1M+ annually.
Contract Term
12mo
Annual contract. After initial term: month-to-month. By then, this infrastructure is part of your operation — not a subscription you evaluate.
Corridors
8 max
8 clients per storm corridor. One company per corridor. Once full, we close the corridor. Caps protect the SLA guarantee — not a marketing limit.
Quiet month$5,000
Active month$5,000
Storm month (Ian-scale)$5,000
Month with SLA breach$0
90s
Call connected
to owner alert sent
(guaranteed max)
$0
Cost if SLA is
missed — any
reason under our control
100%
Call delivery rate
target — every call
answered and logged
That's the entire decision. Every emergency call answered. Every emergency call logged. Every emergency call delivered to the designated response contact. Or you don't pay.

Infrastructure capacity is reserved for your emergency line. That capacity cannot be shared across companies — which is why the corridor cap exists and why the SLA is enforceable.

Request Your Emergency Line Stress Test

See what your
emergency line
is missing tonight.

We call your emergency line after hours and send you the exact log the next morning. No pitch. No demo. Just the record of what happened when an emergency call tried to reach your company.
The test is free. The log is the evidence.

Example Stress Test Result — What You Receive

Emergency Line Test Result Delivered 9AM
Number Tested: (555) 381-9021
TEST 1 — 11:47 PM
Ring time: 22 seconds
VOICEMAIL
TEST 2 — 2:14 AM
Ring time: 17 seconds
NO ANSWER

Example result. Your actual test log is delivered the next morning.

Built for water, fire, and mold restoration operators handling emergency losses.
Emergency Line Stress Test — Free Result delivered by 9AM next business day

No sales call required. Result delivered by 9AM the next business day.

CRM / Dispatch StormGrade operates independently of your existing CRM or dispatch software. No integration required.
Your Number Your existing emergency number stays yours. If you leave, the number is returned immediately. No lock-in on the number itself.
Corridor exclusivity is first-come, first-confirmed. Once your ZIP cluster is assigned, no competitor in your service area can use StormGrade. If a competitor in your territory has already inquired, you'll be notified at time of test — before any commitment is required.